Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 14, 2023

Investors will tell you that they love to put money into startups that are scalable, and ready to become the next unicorn. Ready to scale is when you have a proven product and a proven business model, about to expand to new geographies and markets. Investors don’t invest in services startups. But what does that really mean?

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 28, 2023

Entrepreneurs seem to have blinders on when looking at competitors. Every startup has a core competency which should not be shared. Where your competitor isn't really competing with your direct market, you can refer business to each other without anyone losing customers. Benchmark your practices against a true peer.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 5, 2012

It’s a great survival strategy for small companies or entrepreneurs, and a good expansion strategy for even the largest companies. If your "competitor" isn't really competing with your direct market, you can refer business to each other without anyone losing customers. Cross endorsement.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 7, 2013

Investors will tell you that they love to put money into startups that are scalable, and ready to scale. Ready to scale is when you have a proven product and a proven business model, about to expand to new geographies and markets. Investors don’t invest in services startups. Are you feeling the need yet in your own startup?

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 4, 2011

It’s a great survival strategy for small companies or entrepreneurs, and a good expansion strategy for even the largest companies. If your "competitor" isn't really competing with your direct market, you can refer business to each other without anyone losing customers. Cross endorsement.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 1, 2020

Entrepreneurs seem to have blinders on when looking at competitors. Every startup has a core competency which should not be shared. Where your competitor isn't really competing with your direct market, you can refer business to each other without anyone losing customers. Benchmark your practices against a true peer.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 28, 2012

I suspect that a good part of the problem is that startup and small business owners still don’t know where or how to start. They don’t know if they should move to social networks for lead generation, branding, customer loyalty, or for direct marketing and e-commerce.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 10, 2016

Entrepreneurs seem to have blinders on when looking at competitors. Every startup has a core competency which should not be shared. Where your competitor isn't really competing with your direct market, you can refer business to each other without anyone losing customers. Benchmark your practices against a true peer.

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ReadWriteStart

NOVEMBER 12, 2010

First up today was Joshua Schwadron presenting Betterfly , a startup he founded earlier this year that offers an easier way to find the best individuals (not companies) providing various services. We discussed marketing, advertising and direct marketing agencies as being the best channel partners for him.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 7, 2015

Nature and nurture together shape successful entrepreneurs. And it’s possible to balance work and family when doing a startup. Family relationships influence founders and their startups. That was the message from the two latest guests on Entrepreneurs are Everywhere , my radio show on Sirius XM Channel 111.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Eric provides many examples of potential and real application areas that are ripe for predictive analytics, but my view is that smart entrepreneurs can extrapolate these to hundreds more, just waiting to be tapped. Here are ten examples to get your creative juices flowing: Targeted direct marketing. Investment risk management.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 14, 2014

Entrepreneurs seem to have blinders on when looking at competitors. Every startup has a core competency which should not be shared. Where your competitor isn''t really competing with your direct market, you can refer business to each other without anyone losing customers. Benchmark your practices against a true peer.

Partner 244

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Tim Keane

OCTOBER 8, 2008

Startups and angels: Along the way to success. « The Whitehorse Daily Star - good advice for entrepreneurs | Main. Forward to the past: The (re) rise of direct marketing » October 08, 2008.    What does that mean for entrepreneurs?     What does that mean for entrepreneurs? 

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 1, 2018

Entrepreneurs seem to have blinders on when looking at competitors. Every startup has a core competency which should not be shared. Where your competitor isn't really competing with your direct market, you can refer business to each other without anyone losing customers. Benchmark your practices against a true peer.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 2, 2018

As an advisor to many entrepreneurs and small businesses, I often get asked where to start, and how to proceed. There are still customers who won’t give your brand total credibility until it appears on television ads, in newspapers, direct marketing, and at trade shows.

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Hearpreneur

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

As an entrepreneur, joining organizations or networking groups can allow you to connect with like-minded people who can provide you with information and support, and refer customers to you. The Young Entrepreneur Council (YEC) is an exclusive group for business owners under the age of 40. #6- Thanks to Emir Bacic, Pricelisto ! #10-

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 1, 2014

This is a whole new world for startups seeking enterprise application opportunities, as well social media trend challenges. Eric provides many examples of potential and real application areas that are ripe for predictive analytics, but my view is that smart entrepreneurs can extrapolate these to hundreds more, just waiting to be tapped.

Analytics 257

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 24, 2016

The best are agile and know how to pivot – make a substantive change to the business model while or before their market has shifted. The very best of them shape markets – they know how to create new markets by seeing opportunities before anyone else. They remain entrepreneurs. But today very few of those remain.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 24, 2016

The best are agile and know how to pivot – make a substantive change to the business model while or before their market has shifted. The very best of them shape markets – they know how to create new markets by seeing opportunities before anyone else. They remain entrepreneurs. . But today very few of those remain.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 11, 2015

Investors will tell you that they love to put money into startups that are scalable, and ready to scale. Ready to scale is when you have a proven product and a proven business model, about to expand to new geographies and markets. Investors don’t invest in services startups. Are you feeling the need yet in your own startup?

Hockey Stick 120

Hockey Stick Intellectual Property Non-Compete Business Model 120

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 14, 2016

Investors will tell you that they love to put money into startups that are scalable, and ready to scale. Ready to scale is when you have a proven product and a proven business model, about to expand to new geographies and markets. Investors don’t invest in services startups. Are you feeling the need yet in your own startup?

Hockey Stick 120

Hockey Stick Intellectual Property Non-Compete Business Model 120

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 25, 2011

A year ago I invested, along with Dana Settle at Greycroft Partners , in a startup company called Maker Studios. For one, the consumer-driven startup world has become immensely hits driven. Maker Studios is the ultimate “lean startup.” It was founded by Danny Zappin, Lisa Donovan & Ben Donovan. Sound familiar?

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 2, 2013

I suspect that a good part of the problem is that startup and small business owners still don’t know where or how to start. They don’t know if they should move to social networks for lead generation, branding, customer loyalty, or for direct marketing and e-commerce. entrepreneur get started small business social media'

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 12, 2013

This is a whole new world for startups seeking enterprise application opportunities, as well social media trend challenges. Eric provides many examples of potential and real application areas that are ripe for predictive analytics, but my view is that smart entrepreneurs can extrapolate these to hundreds more, just waiting to be tapped.

Analytics 246

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Steve Blank

APRIL 30, 2009

Many thanks, you’ve changed my startup a hundred times already. Maybe the core of what you talk about in getting companies to success lies in the answer to these 2 questions. Oh, I absolutely love your “I was having coffee with person the other day&# stories. Keep ‘em coming.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 9, 2012

Think of it as a selling effort, not an attempt to fully describe your startup. Outline your sales and marketing strategy (direct marketing, sales channel, viral marketing, and lead generation). There is no magic that fits all startups, but make sure you touch in each key issue. Executive team.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 3, 2011

Think of it as a selling effort, not an attempt to fully describe your startup. Outline your sales and marketing strategy (direct marketing, sales channel, viral marketing, and lead generation). There is no magic that fits all startups, but make sure you touch in each key issue. Executive team.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 11, 2010

Think of it as a selling effort, not an attempt to fully describe your startup. Outline your sales and marketing strategy (direct marketing, sales channel, viral marketing, and lead generation). There is no magic that fits all startups, but make sure you touch in each key issue. Executive team.

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Elevator Pitch Viral Lead Generation Business Plan 138

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 9, 2011

I suspect that a good part of the problem is that startup and small business owners still don’t know where or how to start. They don’t know if they should move to social networks for lead generation, branding, customer loyalty, or for direct marketing and e-commerce.

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The Startup Magazine

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

It’s important to give your audience the urge to know more when they view your direct marketing, such as a saddle stitch brochure. You don’t want to make any mistakes because one mistake could cause all of your produce to be flawed, which would equal a waste of your marketing budget. appeared first on The Startup Magazine.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 9, 2010

Entrepreneurs today are paranoid, afraid that even their friends will steal their business. If your "competitor" isn't really competing with your direct market, you can refer business to each other without anyone losing customers. Tags: startup partner competitor coopetition business. Cross endorsement.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 6, 2019

Eric provides many examples of potential and real application areas that are ripe for predictive analytics, but my view is that smart entrepreneurs can extrapolate these to hundreds more, just waiting to be tapped. Here are ten examples to get your creative juices flowing: Targeted direct marketing. Investment risk management.

Analytics 177

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Tim Keane

OCTOBER 3, 2007

Startups and angels: Along the way to success. We Only Need 1% of The Total Market! It means that the entrepreneur hasnt done the hard work of figuring out a business model at a detailed level, nor allocated the total investment required to achieve their goals. What should the entrepreneur do?

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 3, 2009

There are now a second generation of entrepreneurs and companies that have learned from their last successes and are producing great new companies like TopSpin Media , Sometrics and GumGum. My favorite Rogers line was, “musicians of the future will be entrepreneurs and not employees [of labels].”

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VC Cafe

SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

Paul Graham’s Startup Curve – avoid the “through of sorrow”! Growth Hacking isn’t viral marketing (although viral marketing is part of it). If a startup is pre-product/market fit, growth hackers can make sure virality is embedded at the core of a product.

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Tim Keane

JULY 16, 2007

Startups and angels: Along the way to success. A New old Idea: Direct Marketing Revisited » July 16, 2007. I just talked to a business owner the other day who has grown her startup nicely - 15% a year or so - up to revenue of a bit over $2.5MM. Posted at 08:30 AM in Startup ideas | Permalink. Startup ideas.

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Tim Keane

JULY 20, 2007

Startups and angels: Along the way to success. « A New old Idea: Direct Marketing Revisited | Main. | We tell entrepreneurs that who they take money from is much more important than the relative price they pay for it. Funding startups. Startup ideas. Resources for startups. September 2011.

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